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    more browsers for 20.04 when?

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        hacknorris
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        generally there is one main browser on UT (morph) and few clones of it over on openstore but all of them are still basically morph and everything you can't do with morph you can't do there too (for example lacking webCrypto apis, gyroscope apis, FS api, extensions and so on… and additionally sites very oftenly block these browsers as outdated).

        i know it's possible to install manually firefox/firefox-esr via apt and even tried that but surely it doesn't work properly (keyboard - maliit - doesn't even open there like in any other gtk, apt-installed apps, copy/paste with bluetooth keyboard neither so navigation only by manually typing addresses, additionally bad/non-mobile sizing of buttons, enough high ram usage to crash phone after longer time of being open, etc…)
        chrome/ium isn't even in apt repos.

        will it be ever possible to run a "normal" browser on mobile ubuntu somewhen or is it just my weird dream and i'll be stuck in "modded safari" forever?

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          MrT10001 @hacknorris
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          @hacknorris As UT is community driven, there are people stepping up and creating new browsers, but they do it in their own time without pay. If I had the skills to step up I would, but I don't, so cannot. There are things in the pipeline, but take time and testing to work across a range of devices, but hopefully will come. On another note apt is not used on UT as the file system is read only so can break the system. It can be used, but it is the realms of "testing and breaking".

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